Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-08
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS

-Lapeer Circuit Court is In session.
There are seventeen divorce cases to be
disposed Of.
The citizens Of Centerville have raised
500 to help Grist- Miller Palmer TO put in
the roller process machinery.
"A muskrat that had strayed from it's
haunts, was killed one day recently in front
Of the opera house in Clare.
"A woman near Elk Rapids had rebel
flag lying around her garret for twenty
years and didn't know what it was, SO she
sold it the other day for rags. II was
eighty feet long and bore the inscription
Nashville II was supposed to be the
property of the blockade runner of thai
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where II was exhibited and offered for $5;
no takers. This was some days ago, and il
has been lost sight of since.
Some time ago an Adrian and an On.
sted man traded horses. It was not many
days before the latter put in an angry ap-
pearance at the lattsr's place of business.
The Adrian animal, he claimed, was sick
when the trade was made, and had since
died. He thought he was entitled to dam
ages, and that 800 was about the proper
figure. After some little parley the Adrian
ite paid the money. He was somewhat
surprised few days later, to see the horse
which he supposed was dead, trotting plac-
idly along a country road, hauling wagon
and stranger. Mad? Well, rather.
1t is feared by many that the log crop
the coming winter may affect the price OF
the Saginaw Valley product next season.
There will be about so, 100000 feet of logs
book in tho Tittebsweoooe 90 iaso
naxt years supply, and the other streams
and booms are net situated dissimilarly,
from q comparative point of view. This
fact, added tn that other, that vast
amount of scorched timber, Inrvugn tho
ravages of forest fires, will necessarily be
cut this winter, which it was intended to
hold for future operations, will materially
increase the log crop, and the other fact
that most manufacturers are arguing in
favor Of close work and general cu-tail-
ment, while individually straining every
nerve to get in all they can themselves,
leads to the belief that there will be good
log supply at last for next season. Whether
there will be an over supply is a question
over which there is considerable discussion.
There is little fear of an over supply for
the mill capacity, but whether there will be
sufficient to affect prices next year is the
question which becomes impQ5teR1. . ARt
panies begin to work.
-Algernon V. Hinckley, 23 years old,
and Mary E. Wiseman, 81 years old, both
of Norvell, visited the County Clerks
Office, at Jackson, and secured license to
become man and wife. They were anxious
that the ceremony be performed without
delay and asked the clerk if he could not
get them a justice of the reace immedi-
ately. Mr.. Snow, who is always very
obliging, also had a curiosity TO see the
ceremony performed, and smoothing down
his hair with his hands he stepped briskly
to the telephone and called, "Give me JUS
tice Palmers Office quick" The Squire"
was disengaged and, as soon as the clerk
and coat and in very brief space Of time
strobe into the clerks Office. The cere-
mony was soon pronounced, and in less
than ten minutes from tho tims Mr. Hinck-
ley received the license he walked out OF
the Office with his wife's hand on his arm.
Clerk Snow then remarked, "The only
thing wrong about the proceeding was that
nobody kissed the bride. Palmer didn't
wish to because he had been smoking, and
there we're so many fellows in here that
hadn't the cheek to kiss her, though she
was a mighty nice looking girl" Mr.. and
Mrs. Hinckley left in the afternoon for
Vanderbilt, Otsego County, Mich.
About four years ago N. Behrens was
in Jackson and had occasion to borrow $75,
which was loaned him by the late E. A.
Webster. Mr.. Behrens did not again visit
the city till recently, when he came as
Business Manager of Scott & Mills "Chip
o. the Old Block" Company. Desiring to
pay his debt of honor he inquired for Mr..
Webster, when he learned for the first time
of his death. Mr.. Behrens did not have
$75 in mis- pocket and went to Scott &
Mills, the proprietors of the show, and
asked for the amount which was due on the
salaries of himself and wife, known on the
bills as Miss Marguerite Fish, the "Pixey'
of the company. Mr.. Scott declined to
pay any money before the regular pay day.
As the company would be many miles from
Jackson then, and paying and receipting
would be difficult, Mrs. Behrens, in her
stage name of Marguerite Fish, went to
Justice Palmer and secured an attachmeut
on the property of Scott & Mills. Deputy
Evans took the writ and levied on the
scenery and properties, thus preventing the
presentation of the piece. Seeing that the
show was blocked Mr.. Scott capitulated
about 8 o'clock, paid the money TO the
Deputy and the curtain went up just as tho
audience was beginning to get impatient at
the long delay, the reason of which they
did not know. Evans turned the money
over to Mr.. Behrens. who paid BENZ. Web
ster, as representative TO his father, the
debt he had owed 80 long.
| The salt manufacturers of Iosco Coun-
ty have agreed to shut down their works
L noo.c.1~ar an1 rauoain fdla f,ottl March